Wastewater spills out of lift station, into canal in western Port St. Lucie

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A boater cruises through the twists and turns in the north fork of the St. Lucie River in Port St. Lucie. A sewage leak Wednesday spilled water into a canal leading to the North Fork.(Photo: ALEX BOERNER/TCPALM)

The cause was a power failure at the station at 7651 W. Torino Parkway. Electricity was restored in about 15 minutes and cleanup at the site was completed Thursday morning, according to the city's report to DEP.

The site where the wastewater entered the canal is about 3.6 miles away from the North Fork of the St. Lucie River.

On Friday afternoon, tests were still being performed by utility department lab technicians to determine how far down the canal the sewage went, Torres said.

Results from fecal coliform analysis tests performed at the entry point, two sites upstream and three locations downstream thus far "are not indicative of a large volume reaching the waterway," Torres said Friday evening.